A system and method for application lifecycle management, including moving enterprise software application components, such as Oracle Fusion Application components, across different environments. In accordance with an embodiment, the task of moving the application components from a first/source environment to another second/target environment is simplified by movement tools, including a user interface for use by an administrator in moving component binaries and configuration information. The system can be used to minimize the amount of work that would otherwise be required to reapply customization and configuration changes that were made in the source environment, to the target environment. Various types of movement scenarios are also described.